What does 1 Samuel 4:1 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek."
CHAPTER IV _A battle between Israel and the Philistines, in which the former_ _are defeated, with the loss of_ four thousand _men_, 1, 2. _They resolve to give the Philistines battle once more, and...
Some attach the opening words to the close of 1 Samuel 3, as the complement of what is there said, “The Lord revealed himself to Samuel ... in Shiloh, and the word of Samuel went forth to all Israel.”...
5. THE JUDGMENT OF ELI AND HIS SONS--ICHABOD CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The fulfilled prediction: The death of Eli's sons (1 Samuel 4:1)_ 2. The death of Eli (1 Samuel 4:12) 3. Ichabod (1 Samuel 4:19) Israel...
1 SAMUEL 4:1 B. NOW ISRAEL. 1 SAMUEL 4:1 (E). From ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE ARK (_cf._ above, p. 273). 1 Samuel 4:1 b - 1 Samuel 4:11. The Israelites, Defeated by the Philistines, Fetch the Ark. They a...
CAME. Compare Acts 3:24.Hebrews 11:32. EBEN-EZER. Stone of help. So called in anticipation of Samuel's victory twenty years later (1 Samuel 7:12). APHEK. Fortress. Joshua 15:53....
1 Samuel 4:1-11. Defeat of Israel by the Philistines and Loss of the Ark 1. _Now Israel went out_ The Sept. and Vulgate contain an additional clause, which softens the abruptness of the transition: ...
NOW ISRAEL WENT OUT, &C.— Probably the Israelites were encouraged to this undertaking, by the confusion into which the Philistines must have been thrown by the slaughter of their great men which Samso...
The Loss of the Ark and End of Eli's House, 1 Samuel 4:1-22. _The Loss of the Ark._ 1 Samuel 4:1-11 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, a...
_AND THE WORD OF SAMUEL CAME TO ALL ISRAEL. NOW ISRAEL WENT OUT AGAINST THE PHILISTINES TO BATTLE, AND PITCHED BESIDE EBENEZER: AND THE PHILISTINES PITCHED IN APHEK._ The word of Samuel came to all I...
4:1 Eben-ezer; (a-22) Meaning, 'stone of help.' see ch. 7.12....
THE Philistines] see on Judges 3:3. EBENEZER] 'stone of help.' The place is called by the name familiar to the readers of the book, though it did not actually receive the name till later (1 Samuel 7:1...
ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 4 THE *PHILISTINES STEAL THE *ARK OF GOD V1 When Samuel spoke, all the *Israelites listened to him. Now the *Israelites went out to fight aga...
AND THE WORD OF SAMUEL. — To which portion of the narrative does this statement belong? Is it part of that account of the Lord’s dealings with Samuel which closed the preceding chapter? Does it close...
וַ יְהִ֥י דְבַר ־שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל לְ כָל ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַ יֵּצֵ֣א יִשְׂרָאֵל֩ לִ קְרַ֨את פְּלִשְׁתִּ֜ים לַ...
CHAPTER VI. _ THE ARK OF GOD TAKEN BY THE PHILISTINES_. 1 Samuel 4:1. WE are liable to form an erroneous impression of the connection of Samuel with the transactions of this chapter, in consequence...
TRUSTING IN THE ARK, NOT IN GOD 1 Samuel 4:1 The predictions against Eli's house now begin to be fulfilled. It was fitting for Israel to institute an inquiry into the causes of defeat. This is alway...
The crisis of judgment foretold by Samuel to Eli now arrived. It was a Philistine attack on the people, in which large numbers were slain, among them the two sons of Eli. On hearing the news Eli himse...
And. Hebrew inserts here the conclusion of the last verse, whence some would infer that Samuel told the Israelites to make war upon the Philistines. But as it turned out so ill, this would have tended...
CONTENTS This Chapter folds within its bosom heavy tidings for Israel in general, and Eli's house in particular. In a battle between the Philistines and Israel, the Israelites presumptuously, and wit...
The first Book of Samuel (or of Kings as with some) brings before us that great change for which the Book of Ruth was a preparation, and in order to which the Spirit of God closed it with the generati...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4, 5, AND 6. In chapter 4 the enemies of God and of His people display their strength; the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel. God, in overrul...
AND THE WORD OF SAMUEL CAME TO ALL ISRAEL,.... Or was "known", as the Targum, the word of prophecy by him, which related to what befell Eli and his family; this was spread throughout the land, and eve...
And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek. Ver. 1. _And the word of Samuel ca...
_The word of Samuel came to all Israel_ The revelation of God's mind and will, which had been very rare among them in former days, (1 Samuel 3:1,) now became frequent and plentiful. For as Samuel hims...
1 The Israelites are ouercome by the Philistines at Aben-Ezer. 3 They fetch the Arke, vnto the terrour of the Philistines. 10 They are smitten againe, the Arke taken, Hophni and Phinehas are slaine....
And the word of Samuel came to all Israel, it was heard throughout the nation and served for the guidance of Israel, the people accepted it without question as the Word of Jehovah. NOW, ISRAEL WENT OU...
Verse 1 shows that Samuel did not conceal the word that God gave to him, but communicated it to all Israel. But it is not said that it was this word that called them to battle with the Philistines. It...
CAME: Or, came to pass. _Heb._ was...
1-9 Israel is smitten before the Philistines. Sin, the accursed thing, was in the camp, and gave their enemies all the advantage they could wish for. They own the hand of God in their trouble; but, in...
1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 4 The Israelites are smitten by the Philistines at Eben-ezer, 1 SAMUEL 4:1,2. They fetch the ark from Shiloh; receive it with a great shout, to the terror of the Philistines, 1 SAMUEL...
1 Samuel 4:1 word H1697 Samuel H8050 Israel H3478 Israel H3478 out H3318 (H8799) battle H4421 against H7125 (H8800) Philistines H6430 encamped H2583 (H8799) Ebenezer H72 Philistines H6430 encamped H25...
1 SAMUEL 1-4 _(with Judges 21:16)_ I. With all his virtues and natural advantages Eli had one great fault. He was a good man of the easy type; the kind of man who makes an admirable servant, who doe...
CONTENTS: Ark taken by Philistines. CHARACTERS: God, Eli, Hophni, Phinehas, his wife, Ichabod. CONCLUSION: One may go forth with a Bible under the arm and a shout upon the lips and yet not have God...
1 Samuel 4:5. _Israel shouted._ But why had they not put away their sins? And why had they not enquired of God? Alas, these priests, like Saul in his last moments, were not fit persons to enquire of G...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 4:1 The ark of the covenant was the visible sign of God’s presence with Israel. After a disastrous defeat by the Philistines, the elders of Israel realize that the defeat was...
EXPOSITION 1 SAMUEL 4:1 AND THE WORD OF SAMUEL... ALL ISRAEL. This clause is rightly connected with the foregoing verse of the previous chapter in the Syriac and Vulgate. Attached to the fourth chapt...
Now in chapter four we find the Philistines had come against the Israelites and they met them in battle and defeated them. Four thousand of the men of Israel were slain. So the Philistines were gettin...
1 Kings 20:30; 1 Samuel 29:1; 1 Samuel 3:11; 1 Samuel 5:1; 1 Samuel 7:12; Joshua 15:53; Joshua 19:30...
THE ARK TAKEN BY THE PHILISTINES 1 Samuel 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We would like to suggest something of the history of the Ark of the Covenant. 1. THE ARK WAS SYMBOLICAL OF CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD. T...
The word — That is, the word of the Lord revealed to Samuel, and by him to the people. A word of command, that all Israel should go forth to fight with the Philistines, as the following words explain...